REACH 353 - Are you concerned about Malaysia’s chicken ban? What are your views on Singapore’s food security strategy?
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27 May 2022 (10am - 7pm)
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[10:01 am, 27/05/2022] +REACH: 📢 Topic 📢
Malaysia is set to curb the export of chickens from 1 June to address domestic supply shortages. This is expected to disrupt Singapore’s supply of chilled and fresh chickens as around 30% of our chicken imports are from Malaysia. Most are live chickens which are slaughtered and chilled in Singapore.
💬 Are you concerned about Malaysia’s chicken ban? What are your views on Singapore’s food security strategy?
Nonetheless, Singapore has an adequate supply of frozen chicken. Speaking on the sidelines of a visit to NTUC FairPrice’s fresh food distribution centre yesterday (26 May), Minister of State for Sustainability and Environment Desmond Tan assured everyone that our supply of the other 70% of frozen chicken had not been impacted, and that Singapore was currently looking to other countries like Australia as an alternative source of chilled chicken.
Fairprice also said they had a stockpile of frozen chicken that can last for about four months, with another two months of supply on the way.
MOS Desmond Tan urged people to avoid panic buying and hoarding, and encouraged everyone to be open to other options such as frozen chicken, processed chicken and other protein types.
Supply chain disruptions may occur from time to time, especially with climate change and geopolitical developments. This is why diversifying import sources is such an important part of Singapore’s food security strategy, so that we would still have sources to rely on even if there is disruption for any specific country.
📍 No need to hoard as Singapore has adequate supplies of frozen chicken
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/chicken-supply-prices-supermarkets-singapore-malaysia-export-ban-2708956
📍FairPrice has 4 months' stockpile of frozen chicken; no plans to limit purchase for now
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/ntuc-fairprice-has-4-months-stockpile-of-frozen-chicken-authorities-say-no-need-to-panic-buy
📍 About Malaysia’s chicken ban https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/malaysia-bans-chicken-exports-singapore-supply-price-consumers-2703071
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[10:24 am, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: Mindsets: "It is not how big you are or how smart that person is... Perhaps one champion mind is to be ADAPTABLE to many situations regardless it is tangible or intangible?"
Consumers wise, there will be a need to ADAPT and ADJUST coming changes which can be a prolonged shortage of various types of meat or vegetables?
From freshly chilled meats into FROZEN meats, with it chichen, pork, fish, beef or lamb?
Be mindful, we are 7 years away from our 30 /30 food security initiatives!
Meanwhile, there is an old local slang, "if there is no fish, prawn will do too...?"
- - in progress - -
[10:26 am, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: Let's start the chat and seek for alternatives or better some solutions to ride this 'foods war'.
[10:29 am, 27/05/2022] +Uncle Law: I will not be overly concern.
Will switch to other meat for the time being if need be, and will monitor the price in the coming weeks.
[10:38 am, 27/05/2022] +SL: Only 34% (if I read correctly from a news article) of the chicken source is from Malaysia. There is adequate frozen chicken in quantity. However, based on the price elasticity concept and transactional behavior of profit, will the price of the chicken product will be stable and not be exploited to earn more profit by stakeholders in the supply chain?
[11:54 am, 27/05/2022] +danielhl chua: I think the impact is greater for those depending on these chickens for their livelihood, namely the chicken stalls in market and chicken rice stalls with many of them taking a break during this period of time. Is there any rental relief for these hawkers who are affected by the ban.
As for consumers, its not essential not to have fresh chicken, especially we all know that its not a permanent ban. However, I am worried if the ban push prices for other food products.
[11:56 am, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: 27 May, 2022
To: Our Distinguished Ministers and All Honorable Members
"Unlock Those Clumsy Chains And Cut Corners"
."Where there are challenges and it will bound to have opportunities too! "
- - annoymous
What is a supply-chain?
Simply put it, it involves many people and many exchanges of goods and or services from the start to the end.
By cutting corners, cutting down middlemen, and go DIRECTLY to the source of goods or services will cut leadtime, further reduced uncertainties and cost savings too.
Going forward, this food shortage problems will continue to evolve and play out to the effect of one nation's self survival and self interest over exporting strategic tangibles. Importantly basic commodities like ingredients and materials.
There is no benefit in second guessing (conspiracy theories) why country A stops selling to country B or whatever countries country A chooses to do. Importantly, we must go ALL OUT to many countries as possible to source DIRECTLY and CONFIRM FORWARD the varieties of foods and ingredients supplies.
Who knows, there may be opportunities over at that particular country's farm gates, there waiting a venture or investment into theirs foods industry? It is through cooperations and willing to venture into many countries to start a deeper relationship, this round a food for thought initiatives!
Meanwhile, can we all come together as one buyer to buy 6 millions at a go, a larger than food initiative?
Afterwords:
"use what one's have in hand to the FULLEST...!"
Eat to live or Live to eat?
One, our national carrier SIA cargo or passenger planes are ready 24/7 to pick up foods from many countries and turn around back to home base.
Two, our NTUC, Sheng Siong and Dairy Farm could perhaps join in to share their supply resources and overseas contacts. Has it happened already or never will it happen?
Three, ideally, this combined efforts may sound academic unless these 3 big grocers put aside "my trade secrets and your advantages" and really go all out to BUY IN BULK that hopefully will reduce the end prices, this end is the consumers, yes, it is ALL OF US!
- - in progress - -
[1:10 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: 27 May, 2022
To: Our Distinguished Ministers and Our Honorable Members
"Supermarkets are 'landlord' and suppliers are 'tenants' (削减成本).. "
- - annoymous
Cost Cutting:
This supply chain relationship at the wholesale or retail markets have been for decades all along exist which is the suppliers pay for shelving space and the supermarkets provide the location to trade all foods and goods it carry within that premise.
The fixed allocations of shelf space is based on a few common considerations like saleability/relevancy of a product, turnovers and size & reputation of supplier. Money wise, the supplier will folk out rental per item, (SKU) per shelf, per month and per store.
The variable cost to suppliers will be the monthly total sales in which there is a pre-agreed commissions payable to the supermarket chains or store basis.
Perhaps, NTUC FAIR PRICE should consider a reduction of shelf space rental and a small discount in the monthly commissions, both collectibles at a given number of days. Another gesture maybe extending a slightly longer period these shelves fees payables to all suppliers.
Should NTUC undertakes this gesture in kinds, it may well redefine its position and what follows may well be the next grocer and there on to the next, a domino effect towards a more stable and affordable prices for all? Will it happen or it will never be?
In the current momentum of unstable (more up than down) price of all foods, we need to look beyond now and starts to see that if suppliers fail so do the grocers too! It takes 'two hands to clap or' to each their own' attitude, this close supermarket-supplier relationships is ever important to source for the next compliment foods or alternate supplies.
"the opposite of inflate is deflate...通货膨胀和通货紧缩 !"
- - annoymous
- - in progress - -
[1:15 pm, 27/05/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
1. If the Government is able to find alternative sources of "frozen chicken" to cover the 34% lost in "chill chicken" from Malaysia - then statistically - there are no shortage of chicken supply.
2. So hoarding a large quantity of "fresh, chill" chicken doesn't make sense - because you will need to put it in a fridge if cannot consume the extra chicken - and it become a "frozen chicken" - but purchase at a higher price (whereby "frozen chicken" is price lower than "fresh, chill chicken").
[1:20 pm, 27/05/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
3. The only difference is - for chicken rice stall or stall that uses "whole fresh, chill" chicken - the cutting, texture and preparation will not be the same.
My favourite chicken rice stall use fresh chicken with their secret recipe - very tasty - and I will miss my weekend chicken rice.
4. To me :-
The fresh, chill chicken and frozen look the same to me. In fact frozen chicken are cheaper.
I bought 1 pack of Brazil Sadia chicken thigh at $4.55.
Compare to fresh chicken about the same weight cost $7.90.
When I cook Sadia chicken for 20 minutes - it tastes like a fresh chicken.
[1:22 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: In NTUC Finnest, 'pineapple chicken' from the Philippines on the shelf now @ $11.30 per chicken (frozen & vacuum pack) as for exact kgs per chicken, pls go see it.
(Disclaimer - not promoting the supply nor the grocer)
[1:23 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: Brazilian frozen meats are more than 1 month dated, fyi, can be up to 3 months for certain meat.
(Disclaimer - facts may be wrong and no insult to any country of origin of supplies)
[1:27 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: Perhaps Australia and NZ are closer and reachable, for diplomacy and conveniences.. Range of edibles foods source!
[1:44 pm, 27/05/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
1. In reflection, Malaysia placing export ban on their chicken will not solve their domestic problem of high chicken price :-
a. To keep price low at RM$8.90 (price control by Malaysia). But many chicken supplier are selling price higher than the control price.
b. Keep sufficient supply for local market.
2. The reason being, export ban is not solving the root cause of the chicken supply problem in Malaysia.
a. Chicken suppliers have to raise price above the control price because - the chicken feed (wheat, corn, soya bean) are in short supply due to Ukraine war that restrict feed supply to Malaysia - and hence chicken feed price soar tremendously.
b. The control price make chicken suppliers rear chicken at a loss - because they cannot cover the chicken feed cost plus other production cost - and the more they rear their chicken, the greater loss they will make.
- Thus many chicken suppliers decided to rear less chicken to cut loss - reducing supply.
- Some chicken suppliers decide to price their chicken higher than the control price - thus resulting in higher price in Malaysia market.
- Some chicken suppliers decide to export more chickens to export market such as Singapore at a higher price - to cut loss and maintain a profit to cover the control price in Malaysia, higher feed price and weak Malaysia ringgit.
c. Malaysia Government do set aside some funds to subsidise their chicken suppliers - but only a fraction is dish out - and many Malaysia suppliers have already close shops as they can't sustain their loss.
3. Thus imposing exporting ban on chicken supply to Singapore will not solve Malaysia chicken suppliers problem - in fact, will make the situation worst.
a. By imposing export ban, Malaysia suppliers will suffer a profit loss in their export and unable to cover the control price, higher chicken feed and weak Malaysia ringgit - forcing more Malaysia suppliers to close more shops ---- which will further restrict chicken supply to the domestic market.
b. By banning export, chicken suppliers in Malaysia will start to lose their regular customers in Singapore as Singapore customers start to source from other overseas market for chicken supplies ---- and some may not want to take from Malaysia chicken suppliers - as they are deem unreliable supply that will impact their business.
c. Malaysia production of chicken far exceed their local market requirement - with many excess chicken - hence it is not a case of exporting chicken result in insufficient supply of chicken in Malaysia.
Hence, it looks more like a wrong solution or medicine prescribe for a problem.
It looks more like imitating what other Countries do eg. Indonesia export ban on palm oil, India export ban on wheat and sugar etc --- a populist approach to make voters happy - but failing to address the root cause of the problem.
4. Thus export ban by Malaysia will in fact "backfire" - rather than solving their higher price in local market and chicken supply.
[1:59 pm, 27/05/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
In restrospect, the appropriate measures to help Malaysia shrinking chicken supply and affordable chicken price should be :-
a. Make Malaysia ringgit stronger to cushion higher import price of chicken feed. To make Malaysia ringgit stronger will have to use some Malaysia fund set aside for chicken subsidy to sell more foreign fund eg. US$ and buy more ringgit - a Monetary policy move.
b. As Malaysia ringgit strengthen, imported chicken feed price will be cheaper - and Malaysia chicken suppliers can buy chicken feed at a lower price - and able to maintain their production cost, higher profit and able to sell at their control price.
c. Sell excess chicken to overseas market like Singapore at a good price - as Singapore $ is stronger and can cushion the higher chicken price in Malaysia - and hence earning a profit and cushion against higher production cost in Malaysia.
In fact, Malaysia chicken suppliers should ramp up more chicken stock to sell to Singapore - because the more chicken it can sell to Singapore, the higher profit they will get to sustain their business.
Export ban is a wrong move in the opposite direction - that will worsen their woes rather than resolving their problem.
d. Lift the price control of chicken price by allowing chicken suppliers to sell at cost plus a small profit - to ensure chicken suppliers raise their chicken output. As supply grows, exceeding demand - chicken prices will make correction by itself without reaping the worst effect of price control - that is bad in economic term - by infringing the concept of market demand and supply.
e. Use the Government funds set aside for subsidy - to give as a relief vouchers to Malaysia household to cushion the higher price by lifting the price control - without artificially skewing the chicken market. In so doing, Malaysia economy will not be damage by the export ban.
[2:08 pm, 27/05/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
By doing so, in medium term :-
a. Malaysia chicken supply will not go down - as many suppliers can keep their business afloat with profit.
b. Chicken price can be kept in check when chicken supply increases, chicken feed price can be in check with stronger ringgit and yet suppliers can maintain a profit, also with more supply exceeding demand, chicken price will go down.
c. Malaysia suppliers can keep its export customers intact without losing its export customers.
d. So 3 wins for Malaysia suppliers, Malaysia domestic market and Singapore chicken market.
e. Export ban will result in 3 loss - more Malaysia suppliers close shops, less supply, price control not sustainable and will lead to price increase for Malaysia consumers, and losing Singapore export market.
That is export ban - "backfire".
[2:29 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: 27 May, 2022
"Only if, if only humans fully understand the challenges of farming or growing all along and these days ...? "
- - annoymous
Our daily lives evolve from waking up, going to work and school follow by meals ready on the table with it from hawkers, homes or restaurants. It's that simple, likewise, switching on the water heater and water tap you will get that water flowing. When it comes evening time, press that fan button or the aircon remote, blows the cold air upon you and we all go to bed.
Beside land & labor, fertilisers, seedings and animal feeds are three big ticket items for growing and farmers. Then comes the price of petrol and diesel for planting and harvesting, add these two into the overall agricultural equation.
Finally, the climate changes or weather patterns whether dry or wet will determine the crops or livestocks for that season? It is more than words or a few decisions of what will be next ! Should farmers or growers failed to produce more and more, the endgame will be a rough and tough time for humanity!
Sum the above to a final answer, the cost of foods production/process will increase!
"you needs to start producing certain things to produce many other things... corn, soybean, barley and wheat, where that fertiliser? "
- - annoymous
- - in progress - -
[2:32 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: Solving one big variable that is greener energy and sustainability!
https://suncable.energy/
[2:37 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: Sun Cable taps five firms to help deliver solar energy to S'pore via undersea link
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/economy/sun-cable-taps-five-firms-to-help-deliver-solar-energy-to-spore-via-undersea-link
STRATEGIC Investment & Asset:
Sun Cable, an Australian solar energy company is current raising money through private sources at intervals as and when funds is needed for the progress of this mega project.
Solar energy will pipe from Darwin Australia into Singapore vis simple known science fact of AC/DC flow of electricity. The lost in transporting this (4000+km) journey of electricity is only 10%! The undersea cable uses a DVDC - direct voltage direct current.
Perspectively, going into the future 2030 and beyond, perhaps, Singapore will become a GREEN Power broker/supplier to Asean?
Maybe extend into upper Asia?
Asean GREEN Power Grid initiative, 20 years to complete?
These undersea power delivery cables can include surveillance and espionage devices such as sensors to detect submarines movements as well as listening posts for all Internet connections and communications?
Over thinking, perhaps?
[2:47 pm, 27/05/2022] +RH: Eh, Danny, u wanna hop over & act as advisor to the M'sian monetary authority or their Finance Minister?
Looks like their Finance minister has not got good financial or economic advisors, Huh?
Lol.... 🤣🤣🤣
[2:47 pm, 27/05/2022] +RH: It wud be just a matter of time b4 they realise the folly of their ways.
By then, depending on when, it may be too little too late.
Hope they dun end up like Sri Lanka.!
[2:49 pm, 27/05/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
Hahaha.
Just post the comments in an open blog and they will see.
Hopefully they reverse their export ban - and will be good for everyone.
[2:52 pm, 27/05/2022] +Guillermo Cabeza: I’m afraid we will have more of these types of measures from Malaysia until at least the next election there.
[2:53 pm, 27/05/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
"Rising chicken prices in Malaysia: Could fish be next?"
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/escalating-chicken-prices-in-malaysia-tip-of-iceberg-that-is-overall-food-inflation#:~:text=Rising%20chicken%20prices%20in%20Malaysia%3A%20Could%20fish%20be%20next%3F
[2:54 pm, 27/05/2022] +65 RH: I m thankful tt out SG monetary authority has done wat they deemed fit in the past two years to keep our currency strong.
And also thankful to the rest of the gov team now looking into our food security.
Honestly, ther seems no end to the crises...
CoVid / climate change, oil & fuel price hike, Ukraine war, countries starting to look inwards, export bans & controls, dengue , ...
Wat next?
energy / food security, NATO alliance ,
Now, more than ever, we need to maintain strong and good relationships w the nbr countries ard us... All the way to the North, South and East.
Cannot antagonise anyone. 😳
[2:54 pm, 27/05/2022] +RH: 👍🏻👍🏻
[2:58 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: "One group thinking smart but the others are no fools too? "
“一群人的想法很聪明，但其他人也不傻? ”
- - annoymous
[3:17 pm, 27/05/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
1. One way to ensure Singapore will not be increasingly held hostage by food protectionism that are seiging the World in the onslaught of crisis (pandemic, war, global climate) - Singapore can secure our food - specifically the following staple food :-
a. Chicken
b. Beef
c. Port
d. Mutton
e. Seafood
--- using "Meat Sustitute" or "Plant base Meat" or "3D printed meat".
This can be done by ramping up our R&D in cell-culture meat and tissue re-engineering &/or work with cutting edge overseas producers to bring their techologies here.
Prepare mass production plants to ramp up production of meat substitute that will :-
a. Not only produce sufficient supply for our local market for meat
b. Can produce in large scale for export market in meat substitute - many overseas popular fast food stores are already selling meat substitute in their burgers, restaurant food.
Even Singapore gourmet restaurant and some fast food stores are also selling meat substitute for their burgers --- and they taste and look exactly like the real meat --- plus better nutrition and more healthy - as bad fat, diseases such as bird flu, swine flu, mad cow disease are eliminated.
c. Then we can reduce our reliance on traditional meat market because :-
i. Global climate like drought and flood will make traditional meat supply - increasingly challenging, reduce supply, poorer animal feed supply, higher price, poorer quality.
ii. Geopolitical tension, decoupling of global supply chain, conflict and war - that will disrupt food supply
iii. Food protectionism will increasingly be the norm - as source Countries will want to win local votes to stay in Government.
iv. Increasing unreliable food supply.
2. We have to go beyond our traditional food supply source - by looking for more alternative sources in other non-traditional Countries.
Eg. chicken are also produce in large quantities for export in Australia, Thailand etc.
We should also source from these Countries to cover any shortage due to food protectionism.
3. But other food source eg. vegetables, rice, corn, wheat, eggs etc - will be challenging because cell culture, tissue re-engineering, plant-based meat - don't work on these food sources.
a. These food will need vertical farming - and maximum can produce up to 30% based on our limited land spaces --- that can help to cushion and provide some relief if any source market adopt protectionism by banning export or succumb to global climate and result in poor harvest.
b. Then we need to ensure we have more alternative and diverse suppliers from more producing Countries to ensure they can feed our 5.65 million population.
Singapore is a small Countries with smaller population - thus less challenging to feed our population.
Larger Countries with larger population will face more challenges in feeding their population - and more unrest can arise.
[3:18 pm, 27/05/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
My close friend comments:-
Fresh chicken -> Chill -> Store in fridge -> become Frozen chicken.
[3:41 pm, 27/05/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
Benefits of cell culture meat is that :-
1. we do not need to buy animal feed to feed animals - just need to extract healthy animal cell to grow and culture them.
2. No need to mass slaughter animals for food - compassion with no animal sufferings.
3. More healthy and disease free from animals.
[3:46 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: 27 May , 2022
"Eat to live or Live to eat? "
Produce and Consume (两餐或三餐):
How about rethinking our daily dietary habits ? How many meals per day and how full per meal will be or need to be? Two, three or more meals per day?
Some heath advisors suggested two daily meals, one filler and the other small bits? What's the optimum calories, male or female, age to age comparisons, weigh to weigh too?
Isn't it true that the more humans consume, the more humans need to fulfill mountains of needs & wants? Only one way out, you PAY for it!
(Disclaimer - pls consult your doctor)
[3:55 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: The implementations and economics are both in progress and in lab tests.
How about adoption period and acceptance rates, consumers?
Other long term health issues yet to be peer reviewed.
Finally, what's the retail value like say by 2030 at the butchers' shop floor?
[4:07 pm, 27/05/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
All these issues will automatically be resolved when we face with the issue of:-
Food versus no food.
[4:08 pm, 27/05/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
"UN food chief: 325 million close to starvation, more than double since Covid-19"
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/food-crisis-is-driving-us-to-take-food-from-the-hungry-to-the-starving-un-food-chief#:~:text=UN%20food%20chief%3A%20325%20million%20close%20to%20starvation%2C%20more%20than%20double%20since%20Covid%2D19
[4:10 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: 27 May, 2022
"The Richie Riches & Those Cultured Meats"
Perhaps these good ideas of growing meat out of cells will reduce carbon prints and cut down feces pollution from livestock.
These future brand-new meats are for the developed nations. As for the less developed or developing nations, it will be an affordability issue says more than 3 billions human? Unless the economies of mega scaling comes into play?
https://youtu.be/zCE08GpBtLg
[4:12 pm, 27/05/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
WW3 can be fought with chronic food shortages - unless humanity find alternative food sources that depends less on fertile farm.
Meat substitute that doesn't depend on animals feed can free up more lands for crops for human and less on animals feed - which needs 10 times more land than crops for humans.
[4:12 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: Starvation seems to be challenging than covid?
325 millions starving and many will die of hunger than covid? Or both?
Over thinking, perhaps?
[4:23 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: The law of attrition is a phrase that defines the rate at which an object or person will wear out over time. It states that every system deteriorates eventually, at a rate based on the combined additive effects of many small causes.
[4:35 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/future-world-s-population-4-charts#:~:text=We%20can%20expect%20to%20see,of%209.7%20billion%20in%202050.
[4:49 pm, 27/05/2022] +REACH: Singapore's sugar supply unlikely to be hit by India's export limit as it is not major source
Singapore consumers need not worry about sugar supplies despite India's decision on Tuesday (May 24) to restrict sugar exports for the first time in six years to prevent a surge in domestic prices.
https://str.sg/w2eS
[4:51 pm, 27/05/2022] +Rama: What about fish which is possible to face a shortage in the near future!?
[4:51 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: Aging population like Japan is example of the law of attrition.
Higher cost of aging population group. Longer lifespan and higher medical cost too. The ratio of young working population group is smaller thus lowered the productivity of that aging nation.
What about China and Europe?
Richer nations tend to produce lesser babies but higher quality of education and higher standard of living coupled with high cost of living.
How about agricultural and developing nations? The number of household member can be more than half dozen or more?
Why so many, to help out in growing crops and livestocks.
Is this lifestyles of different nations and the human lifespan at play?
[4:57 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: We have local farmed fish, a few types too, in progress and scalable too.
Hi Mr Rama!
[5:05 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: https://youtu.be/3_ZOwQmFkok
[5:33 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: Idea of IMPLOSION!
[5:33 pm, 27/05/2022] +REACH: Food supply disruptions regrettable, but S'pore has been building buffer, diversifying sources: PM Lee
It is regrettable but not surprising that Singapore is affected by disruptions in the food supply chain due to the Ukraine war and high inflation, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Friday (May 27).
More: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/food-supply-disruptions-regrettable-but-singapore-has-been-building-buffer-of-stocks-diversifying-sources-pm-lee
[5:35 pm, 27/05/2022] +BL: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/27/people-are-leaving-hong-kong-and-here-is-where-they-are-going.html
[5:56 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: "Do you have a problem? (家 家 有 本 难 念 经)?"
There standing a young man inline for a packet of rice. In front of him is an elderly man who spoke a foreign dialect.
Young man - Hi, where are you from?
Elder man - I'm from a few thousands km away and I'm visiting my grandchildren. I'm buying lunch from them to eat.
Young man - here the cost of rice is getting expensive! It must be cheaper over at your country?
Elderly man - it doesn't matter if it cost more because it is greener and convenient here!
Young man - puzzled by the elder's comment about here being a greener place? He persisted and asked him "I always thought your home country is greener than mine!"
Elderly man - young man, if my home country is greener than yours, my grandchildren will not be here and I will not be patiently queuing for my packet rice!
Young man - reluctantly said, " but the cost is just too high! "
Elderly man -" it doesn't matter, just find more money, find 2 jobs because it is really safe, convenient and greener here!"
[5:56 pm, 27/05/2022] +BL: Maybe they can bring suitcases of food with them!
[6:01 pm, 27/05/2022] +BL: I welcome anyone to our island, who wants to contribute, explore, build their lives here without harm, theft or oppression.
[6:05 pm, 27/05/2022] +Rama: 🤣😂😅
[6:45 pm, 27/05/2022] +REACH: Dear Contributors,
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Megan
[6:56 pm, 27/05/2022] +Joseph Yap: 💬 Are you concerned about Malaysia’s chicken ban? What are your views on Singapore’s food security strategy?
No, the impact will be mainly on businesses/ households that require/prefer to use fresh chicken instead of frozen chicken. But the incident demonstrated how external factors will impact our ability to import fresh food.
Singapore’s food security strategy has to include stockpiling of a variety of food intakes as wide as possible.
[6:57 pm, 27/05/2022] +Rama: We have faced this repeatedly but somehow people still forget to accept alternatives.
[6:58 pm, 27/05/2022] +Smiley face: 27 May, 2022
To: Our Distinguished Leaders and All Honorable Members
Stockpiles (粮食储备)
"the hotter a war is, the higher the cost of livings will be ...?"
- - annoymous
History has proven that in all hot wars, two things happened that is high foods cost and lost of lives.
All nations have stockpile (buffer) of strategic foods to last say 3 to 6 months with poorer nations keeping minimal level of buffer stocks. However, there are some nations that stockpiled (nicer word than hoarding) up to two years or more of foods as if they are planning for foreseeable famines or impending hot wars? Will these overly stocked nations willing to share abit of their buffered foods in keep?
In the Ukraine war, several nations helped by contributing weapon of all sorts from bullets, bombs and missiles. Perhaps in the spirit of helping others to fight a war, will these nations also stand up and share a little of their stockpile of foods with others or not possible?
Are we seeing history repeating? Many people have not experienced shortages in their lifetime. Perhaps, our young generation and ourselves will see, feel and learn this valuable lesson of ABUNDANCE vs SCARCITY.
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[7:00 pm, 27/05/2022] +REACH: Dear Contributors,
We will be closing the chat for today.
Thank you very much for being part of our WhatsApp chat and participating actively.
Goodnight!
Megan 😊
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